Hello

I have got some problems with my lite-on LDW-401S... it goes like this:

I got my LDW-401S and before i burned anything i updated the firmware with a file from liteonit.com and it worked fine.
Then i burned some crap on the DVD+RW (packaged with the burner) with Nero and went fine ... no problemo.
But then i wanted to see if I could burn DVD+RW in linux, but it didn't succeed. This message shows when i try to blank the disk with cdrecord/dvdrecord:
root@sweety:~# dvdrecord -blank=all -dev=0,0,0
dvdrtools v0.1.4
Portions (c) 2002-2003 Ark Linux <bero@arklinux.org>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
Based on:
Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25
Using libscg version 'bero-0.5a'
dvdrecord: Warning: using inofficial version of libscg (bero-0.5a
'@(#)scsitransp.c 1.81 01/04/20 Copyright 1988,1995,2000 J.
Schilling').Device type : Removable CD-ROMVersion : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'LITE-ON '
Identifikation : 'DVD+RW LDW-401S '
Revision : 'ES0G'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 15 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.
dvdrecord: Input/output error. blank unit: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB: A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 05 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 9600s
dvdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.

I've tryed different parameters and tryed burning an iso-file.
I've both tryed with a 2.4.21 kernel and a 2.4.22 and the message is the same...
I have no trouble burning CD-RW in linux with the same burner.
I've tryed all kinds of stuff, but nothing seems to work. I would really appreciate some help with this one

Greetings from Rune 'fusty' Hansen

wow I haven't had a problem like that. I'm currently using cdrecord-ProDVD with xcdroast on Slackware 9.1 without a hitch. If you're interested in my config for cdrecord-ProDVD well here it is.

I downloaded the latest binary of cdrecord-ProDVD and placed it as:
/usr/bin/cdrecord-ProDVD

After that I downloaded the cdrecord-wrapper.sh and placed it as:
/usr/bin/cdrecord

For some reason even though the LiteON is setup for scsi emulation X-CD-Roast detects it as an ATAPI device , but just to be safe follow the config instructions here.

My first successful burn was with the generic SCSI-3/mmc-3 DVD+R driver, I haven't tried the check media option unfortunately since I only have the single DVD+R that came in the retail box.

Under advanced options, I have both "Allow overburning" and "Ignore medium size" selected. You may want to try your own configuration out as well.

Thats my experience with this LiteON model. Good Luck!